Proverbs 12:15

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Summary

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Way

But

Jeremiah 38:15

General references

Proverbs 14:12

Proverbs 26:16

Bible References

Way

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that has understanding will find him out.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

But

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.

Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no longer be admonished.

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, will you not hearken unto me?

General references

There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that can answer reasonably.